Counting device for paper money



9 April 9, 1935.

C. VOGT 1,996,941 COUNTIIN'G DEVICE FOR PAPER MONEY Filed Feb. 3, 1932 3 L 3 (o 25 2f 41' o W 45 I 'Q J v 14 17 8 Patented Apr. 9, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 3, 1932, Serial No. 590,709

In Germany October 18, 1931 v 4 Claims. (Cl. 93-93) Ihave filed an applicationinGermany on Octoagainst the contact member 8 thus closing the ber 18, 1931. circuit ofthe counting device. These discs con- The invention relates to a device for keeping vey the articles over said contact spring 8'- to counts of paper money or similar objects in sheet cause them to depress said spring against the 5 form. In the counting oil of a particular number said stationary contact member 8 -for closing an 5 of notes, the motor had hitherto to be brought to electric circuit operating the register. a standstill as soon as the last note of those to be Between the stripper 5 and the switch 8, 8' is counted oil had passed the switch of the register. carried a flap I I rotatable about an axis III. The .On account of the high speed of the motor it was flap I I can be so rotated that its lower part pro- 10 necessary to brake the motor a. certain time before jects into the blocking position shown in broken 10 the entry of the last note to be counted into the lines in the conveyor passage passed by the notes. counting switch. In this, great difficulties were The flap II is switched over into the positionexperienced. By means of this invention, these shown in full lines when it is to leave open the difficulties are not only overcome, but the stopconveyor passage for the notes to the switch 8.

page of the motor is rendered superfluous. In this position the flap II is held by a latch I4 15 According to this invention there is arranged in pivoted at I2 and loaded by a spring I3. The that part of the conveyor path of the notes situsaid latch engages with one end behind an arm I5 ated in front of the counting gear switch, a deof the flap II and at its other end with a catchfiector which in one extreme position permits pawl I6 as shown by Fig. 2.

the passage of the notes to the counting gear The catch-pawl I6 is rotatably carried on the 20 switch, but by means of the last of a particular plate-shaped end I! of a lever I8 pivoted at l9 number of notes which have closed the switch, is and is actuated by a spring 20 which tends to by electromagnetic means brought over into a pokeep the latch and the pawl in engagement. The sition closing the passage for the following notes. lever I8 constitutes the armature of two electro- An embodiment of the invention is shown in the magnets 2| which are connected in the current 25 accompanying drawing as an example. Fig. 1 is circuit 22 of a contact 23, the contact springs of a longitudinal section through the casing of the W ich can be brought into the Current Closing poconveyor taking the notes and carrying them to sition y a Control c 24 e g with the numthe counting gear switch, and Fig. 2 is a. plan ber discs of the counting gear not shown. This view 01' theapparatus according to the invention position of the cam is shown in Fig. 3 and m- 30 fitted in the casing, in one extremeposition. Spends t0 h counting ar number which is Figures 3 and 4 how plan views of the am apbrought into the visible position by the counting paratus in two other positions. gear when the last note of the predetermined The casing I'contains revolving conveyor bands number of notes Passes the Counting w h 8- 2 of friction material, as for example rubber, The ca 24 is p a y arranged on the corre- 35 which are carried over two belt pulleys 3 and 4 n in number driven by a motor, and supply the notes to a sta- T ma e emleiiureilever is actuated y tionary stripper 5 consisting of rubber or ther retracting spring 26 which tends to retract it into friction material, with counter roller 6, which the p i wn i Fi 2 when the cam 24 has 40 permit only one note at a time to pass through to released the Contact 40 the switch. Behind the stripper 5 there is ar- The method of op r n 5f t ppa us is ranged a pair of guide rollers I, I, and then an as follows: If, for example, 100 notes are to be electric switch mechanism comprising a stationcount/ed the em 80 p i ioned on the ary Conta t piece 8 and t i; spring a, h h counting gear that it can close the contact 23 on are arranged within a space between two' pairs the Switching 'd 0f the Counting ar from 5 of discs 9 and 9 which press the note'. The discs the numeral position 99 On to the number 100. 9 are rotatably mounted on rods 21 adjustably When this occurs, the current fl wing in the cirarranged at the wall of the casing I. Thi arcuit 22 energizes the electromagnets 2| which rangementpermits to displace the discs 9 into the draw the armature I8 into the position shown position shown in Fig. l and to adjust them with in Fig. 3. Thereupon, the armature by means of 50 respect to the conveyor path of the notes and in e Catc -p wl 6 r tates the latch I I so that advance of the contact spring 8' for causing the the latter releases the arm I5 of the flap II which notes to enter the bights of the discs capable of now falls into the position shown in broken lines pulling the individual notes over the contact inFig.'1. The catch-pawl I6 springs into th pospring 8', whichis tlereby depressed by the notes sition shown in Fig. 3, in which a retaining por- 65 tion of the latch bears against the arm and a retaining portion of the catch-pawl bears against of the position shown in Fig. 3 into the intermediate position shown in Fig. 4. Here the latch ll engages behind the arm -I5 and holds the flap l I, while the retaining portion of the catch-pawl IB- permits the latter to lock the latch l4. As soon as the next note on the conveyor path now liberated by the flap reaches the switch 8 and closes it, the cam 24 rotates in consequence of the rotation of the-counting gear in the direction of the arrow and opens the contact 23, so that the electromagnets 21 release the armature I8, which now springs back into the position shown in Fig. 2 and brings the catch-pawl l6 into engagement with the latch l4 until the cam 24 has again come .into the position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the cycle recommences.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device for keeping counts of articles especially notes, the combination of a conveyor for the said articles with a switch mechanism arranged in the said conveyor path to be operated by said articles, an adjustable flap tiltably arranged over said path in front of said switch mechanism, an adjustable latch to arrest said flap in its position of rest outside the conveyor path, an electromagnetic mechanism controlled by said switch mechanism at the end of a predetermined number of articles to throw said latch out of its position of rest for releasing said flap to deflect articles from said path at the end of a predetermined number of counts, and a retaining portion arranged at said latch to cooperate with said electromagnetic mechanism for retaining said latch out of engagement in an intermediate position of rest preceding to the res toration of the position of rest.

2. In a .device for keeping counts 0! articles especially notes, the combination of means for feeding the individual articles, with a counting gear, an electrical switch contact associated with said counting gear and actuated by said articles, a deflector tiltably arranged in advance of said contact to be adjusted alternately into a normal position for the actuation of said switch contact by the passing articles and into a deflecting position for suspending said actuation, and electro magnetic means operated by said counting gear to tilt said deflector from its normal position into its deflecting position after a predetermined number of articles have'passed.

3. In, a device for keeping counts of articlesespecially notes, theicombination of conveyor for the said afiicles, with a counting gear, a switch mechanism associated with said counting gear and arranged in the path of said conveyor to be actuated by said articles, a deflector tiltably arranged in advance of said switch mechanism, manipulative means for tilting the said deflector into its normal position for the actuation of said switch mechanism by the passing articles, and electromagnetic means operatedby said counting gear to tilt said deflector into its deflecting position for suspending said actuation after a predetermined number of articles have passed.

4. In a device for keeping counts 0! articles especially notes, the combination oi'a conveyor for the said articles, with a counting gear, a switch mechanism arranged in the path of said conveyor to be operated by said articles, a deflector tiltably arranged in advance of said switch mechanism, a detent for retaining said deflector in its normal position outside the conveyor path, and electromagnetic means controlled by said switch mechanism to be operated at the end of a predetermined number of articles for retracting said detent out of engagement with said deflector to tilt for deflecting articles from said path.

CURT VOGT. 

